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indefinite

adj
/ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪt/

Etymology

From Late Latin indēfīnītus. Morphologically in- + definite.

  1. derived from indēfīnītus

Definitions

  1. Without limit

    Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.

    • Your account will be suspended for an indefinite period of time.
    • A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the government from enforcing a controversial statute about the indefinite detention without trial of terrorism suspects.

  2. Vague or unclear.

    • She gave an indefinite answer which nobody really understood.

  3. Undecided or uncertain.

    • I'm still indefinite about what I'm going to study at college.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Being an integral without specified limits.

      • Don't forget to m the +C when calculating indefinite integrals.

    2. Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.

      • the indefinite article

    3. A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group…

      A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at indefinite. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at indefinite. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at indefinite

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA